Jets, Beds and Bedrooms

Jets are everywhere. The skies are frigging full of them. The Governor is getting unwelcome coverage about one. The paper is full of stories about them and there are plenty o' blogs. The Eclipse jet is mentioned in this site covering the Paris Air Show.

Albuquerque and Bernalillo County residents have invested in the Eclipse jet venture.  We've been led to believe the Westside airport will "soon" be a production center for them employing 2000 people. 

Eclipse Aviation already occupies facilities near the Albuquerque Airport and the need and alternatives to publicly subsidizing their move to the West Mesa airport site were never debated.  We’ve eaten up the “economic development” rationale.   Coco has wagered that houses get built out there before jets do.

In an aligned move, the County is constructing a water system for the industrial park where the huge new Temper Pedic mattress factory is being built. On the public’s dime. Whether or not you agree that this location is ideal for industry, know that the improvements will also support adjacent land speculation and home building interests - whether the industrial development occurs or not.

Jet lag.  Back to Bed.  Coco

UPDATE:  Here's the link to the AOPA article about the Eclipse test flight mentioned in Albuquerque Journal.

Comments

[Inky Ink, Inc.]

Hmmm... I wonder who else might be a major investor in Eclipse? Perhaps a major Santa Fe art dealer/real estate/banking/restaurant mogul and F.O.F.B. who will remain nameless??

[Coco]

You mean GERALD PETERS?

[Hibernia]

I want to know who benefits from the water improvements for the mattress factory. I have heard murmurings about elected officials et al. who have interests in development in that area, so these improvements are really a giveaway for later on. Anyone care to mention names, or make conjectures?

[Maggie]

Think Cummings.

I wish to hell that people realized what deal like the Tempur Pedic one mean for sprawl. It's hard for many folks to connect a subsidy giveaway to Tempur Pedic with the related infrastructure expansion that will almost certainly cause massive new sprawling developments all around it. It's maddening!

Thanks for keeping this story in people's minds, Coco.

[Inky Ink, Inc.]

Gerald Peters, Gerald Peters... hmmm. Sounds vaguely familiar. Might he be a F.O.F.B.? Perhaps Peters couldn't afford to keep flying the Gov around the country in his jet-that snack cabinet doesn't refill itself, ya know.

[Coco]

Yep. Maddening.
Speaking of which, both siblings dislike use of "Cummings" instead of correct "Cummins".
(So keep that up.) ;)
Coco

[tinkerbell]

Good call, Coco, on houses being built on the west-side before any Eclipse Aviation jets do (or did), but you didn't mention that they'd be built in Russia first too !
(see Jets, beds and bedrooms July 01, 05